IT’S Oxford as you’ve never seen or heard it before.

A city reggae artist has shot his latest music video in the city of dreaming spires entirely on drone.

Shaun Michael – who has performed on stage with Wu Tang Clan, Mobb Deep and even Jedward – has also made his debut solo single, So Special, a tribute to his old friend and fellow Oxford musician Wayne St Clair, who died suddenly in January during a football match.

Released today, the video features Shaun Michael (last name Latchman) rapping on the roof of The Varsity Club in High Street, in front of Christ Church and down some of the city’s scenic cobbled side streets.

And though it looks high-tech, the 28-year-old revealed the main reason he used a drone was to save money.

He said: “When I was asking around, a lot of people really wanted to charge me crazy amounts of money, like £1,500 to shoot a video.

“The actual production of the music cost me enough already, so I started looking online and it hit me I could film the whole thing myself.”

Mr Latchman bought his drone online for £800.

Equipped with sensors, the high-tech helicopter camera can detect when a person in front of it is moving, meaning he didn’t need anyone else to control the shot.

He explained: “If I walk forwards, it moves back; if I put my hands up it moves up.”

Having shot all his own footage, he was even able to produce the video at home in Garsington on his Macbook.

The video ends with a message: “In Loving Memory of Wayne St Clair, 1971 – 2018”.

Mr Latchman, who was born in Liverpool and moved to the United States for several years before returning to attend Temple Cowley secondary school in Oxford, explained that he first met his fellow musician when getting his hair cut at Walters of Oxford barber shop in Turl Street.

He said: “We got talking one day and we just hit it off.

“I would play him my tracks and we would go for long walks talking about music.

“He would introduce me to people by saying ‘this is my brother in spirit’.”

The pair founded InStudio Records in 2008, recording and releasing local talent.

They eventually went their separate ways creatively, but remained firm friends until the end.

In fact, Mr Latchman revealed, he even had a chance to play his friend So Special before he died, and the reaction was everything he could have hoped for.

He said: “Wayne loved the song – he was so excited, he was jumping up and down on Cornmarket Street.

“He said ‘this is the direction you should be going’.”

A few weeks later, Mr St Clair died suddenly while playing in a match between Oxford University Press and Watlington Town FC.

So Special is an anthem for positivity: Mr Latchman said the title and lyrics – which he wrote at the Three Horseshoes pub in Garsington – were a charge to himself and to anyone else struggling through a difficult time.

The single will be available on Spotify and iTunes. Watch the video on YouTube.